Philippe Étienne

Philippe Noël Marie Marc Étienne (born 24 December 1955) is a French diplomat who currently serves as diplomatic adviser to the President and nominated as ambassador of France in the United States effective September 2019.

For the Haitian Olympic sprinter, see Philippe Étienne (athlete).
Philippe Étienne
Étienne in 2019
Sherpa of the President of France
Assumed office
14 May 2017
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Preceded byJacques Audibert
Ambassador of France to Germany
In office
2014–2017
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Preceded byMaurice Gourdault-Montagne
Succeeded byAnne-Marie Descôtes
Personal details
Born (1955-12-24) 24 December 1955
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure
INALCO
ÉNA

Biography

Étienne was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris. He graduated from the École normale supérieure in 1974, and from the École nationale d'administration in 1980, alongside François Hollande and Michel Sapin.[1] He also has an agrégation in mathematics and studied Serbo-Croat at INALCO.[2]

As a diplomat, he has served in Belgrade (1981-1983), Bonn (1985-1987), the French mission to the EU in Brussels (1988-1991 and 1997-2002), Moscow (1991-1994) and Bucharest (ambassador to Romania, 2002-2005). He has also served in various roles in Paris, notably as president of the Agency for French Education Abroad (2004-2007).[2] He has also worked as deputy chief-of-staff to Hervé de Charette (1995-1997) and as chief-of-staff to Bernard Kouchner (May 2007-April 2009).[3] In the latter role, he was closely involved in the 2008 G20 Washington summit following the financial crisis of 2007–2008, the evacuation of French citizens from Tbilisi during the Russian invasion of Georgia, and the French presidency of the Council of the European Union.[4][5]

From 31 July 2014 he served as French ambassador to Germany. In April 2017, he was designated to replace Jean-Maurice Ripert as French ambassador to Russia, but was instead appointed diplomatic adviser to President Emmanuel Macron on 14 May. Étienne’s appointment was widely interpreted as signaling a desire for close ties to Germany and the EU.[6][1][7][8][5]

He was made a knight of the Légion d'honneur on 22nd 2003, and was promoted to officer on 1 January 2013. He was made a knight of the National Order of Merit on 14 May 1994.[2][9]

Besides French, Étienne speaks English, German, Serbo-Croat, Russian and Romanian.[4]

He was nominated in May 2019 by President Emmanuel Macron as ambassador of France in the United States effective September 2019.[10]

References
  1. "Tout savoir sur Philippe Etienne, le conseiller diplomatique à l'Elysée". Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. "CV de M. Philippe Etienne". Frankreich in Deutschland. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  3. "Philippe Étienne, un conseiller diplomatique très européen". 14 May 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017 – via www.la-croix.com.
  4. "Philippe Etienne – Smooth operator". 20 November 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. "Macron's diplomatic brain". 18 May 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  6. "Philippe Etienne, de Berlin à l'Elysée". 14 May 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  7. Hugues, Pascale (15 May 2017). "Philippe Étienne, le trait d'union franco-allemand". Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  8. KEYSER, Valérie. "DIPLOMATIE – Philippe Etienne, ambassadeur de France en Allemagne nommé à l'Elysée". Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  9. "Ambassadeur de France en Allemagne: Qui est Philippe Etienne?". Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  10. ETIENNE, Philippe. "Philippe Etienne Confirmed as the New French Ambassador in Washington". Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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